Hiya lovelies pictured above is the common room where Nina will get to know her suitors one by one. Therefore there's going to be a lot of speech as we get to know some of the young men.
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'Wow I'm already bored' I thought to myself as I sat in the common room with the first suitor rambling on about his position in society. Apparently he was some amateur millionaire and his ego was the size of his head- big. His name was Jack and he was kind of good looking but his personality was horrible.

I decided I had heard enough from him so I abruptly cut off his speech and dismissed him, he left whilst giving me a dirty look. Natalia stood at the entrance of the room where all the suitors were queued up, waiting to be called in to meet the gorgeous princess.

All the suitors got a maximum of fifteen minutes alone with me, however if I found that they had stinking personalities or they annoyed me, I dismissed them after a few minutes like I did with Jack. The next person that walked in was gorgeous his name was Liam. He had clear skin, cute dimples when he smiled and he actually had a charming personality. I had fun getting to know him.

"So Liam this is a serious question. What's your opinion on pineapple pizza?" I asked him, genuinely curious to see what he says. I myself always thought that pineapple pizza tasted horrendous.

"Well Princess Nina, I actually am a lover of pizza since I'm Italian and it's one of our cultural foods but I'm afraid I don't like pineapple pizza. It sounds horrible," he said slightly wincing, probably thinking that he disappointed me.

"Finally yes!" I shrieked. "I hate pineapple pizza too and it always baffles me how people can actually eat that, even my twin likes it and he's a foodie. Oh and you can call me Nina."

Liam nodded in agreement and we spent our time talking about him. I asked him questions on his family, his hobbies and anything interesting he wished to tell me. I was shocked when he told me his secret talent was that he was very good at accents. And oh my goodness did I laugh at his impressions, I must admit they were spot on, I gave him a round of applause at the end and thanked him for coming here.

That's pretty much how my afternoon was going so far. Some of the guys were like Jack but the overruling majority were nicer and more like Liam. Sure there were some guys who were completely weird as all they did was sit and stare at me, but other than that it was going pretty well in my opinion.

One of the guys was called Mason and he was such a sweetheart. He had gorgeous blonde curls resting on his head and bright blue eyes with long eyelashes, that I kept finding myself looking into. He was irresistibly and undeniably my type and bonus: I learned that he was great with kids and spoke four languages including Spanish which would come in handy if, hypothetically speaking, someday he was my husband.

He was definitely someone who I had my eyes on for, along with Liam and a few others. The time was nearing half past six and there were only three more suitors left. In came Rafael Santos, striding in with a confident smirk resting on his lips, it was the same guy who had been appearing in my dreams.

"Hola bonita," Rafael whispered in my ear, as I felt a bolt of excitement in my stomach.

"Hello too you too, Mr Santos," I spoke with a serious poker face. But my looks deceived me, as in a split-second my serious face broke out in to a grin.

"So I saw you this morning, and I must say you looked ravishing in that two piece of yours. Quite a show you gave for me and some of the boys." Rafael said, still supporting a smirk on his face.

"Gracias Raf, I know I looked dazzling, soaking in the sun," I replied in a flirty tone and gave him a wink.

Rafael Santos was a sight to beheld. I admit at the start he gave off the wrong impressions but I was slowly starting to feel quite comfortable around him, which was quite worrying since it had only been one day but he made me feel special I guess. On top of that he looked quite handsome. He had a chiselled jawline, and a 'I can break your heart in one minute' smirk, not to mention he was tanned and had an appealing accent to the ears. Every time he spoke Spanish it was like my heart began to favour him more and more.

"Nina are you even listening to what I said," Raf said, with a frustrated sigh. Immediately I snapped out of my little daydream about focussing on his looks and paid attention to what he said. "I said something important and you missed it whilst you were busy ogling at me."

"My bad. Don't get your hopes high. I was so not ogling at you," I stated before continuing, "but do tell me what I missed you say."

"There's no easy way to put this but I know. There's a reason as to why you get the same, recurring dreams about fairies and mermaid. I can't tell you why just yet but when the time is right it will all start to make sense." Raf said in a clear and serious tone. How could he possibly know that? I haven't told a single soul, so how did he find out?

"What are you a wizard?" I said, nervously laughing.

There was no way he knew, I knew there was something unsettling about him. However, before he could answer Natalia shouted that his time was up so he just muttered 'you'll be aware of all kinds of things soon'.

He gave me one last look and then disappeared out the door. Now I was left panicking with so many questions on my mind but I had to push it all away as another suitor came in looking all tired and annoyed. Well same here buddy, I thought to myself.

"How are you Princess Nina?" He said, questioning me as he made his way across the room and sat on the chair opposite me.

He looked oddly familiar, I gave him a brief reply and found out that his name was Ahmed and he was Jack's younger brother who was way nicer than Jack. They were polar opposites. I learned that Ahmed was only a year younger than Jack, who was 20, that made Ahmed the same age as me.

I was shocked to find out that Ahmed was adopted since he looked so much like Jack but a bit darker skinned, he was born in India but came here and was given up for adoption. He told me that he was only here because his brother had insisted he should come to accompany him, but after looking at me he had a change of heart and decided to pursue me after all.

He was a delight, his personality reminded me of Nik and I just knew I had to introduce them soon. Everything Rafael had said was already forgotten by the time the last suitor arrived.

"Princess Nina what a pleasure to meet you, you truly are as beautiful as your sister described. I'm Elijah Flints, and I am deeply sorry for being late but I was held in a rather important business meeting in London and all the planes were cancelled due to high gales of winds but alas, I have made it here now." He said with a small smile.

"Don't worry about it Elijah, I'm just glad that you have arrived safely and I hope you are liking this place so far," I said chuckling.

He looked pretty decent even though he had tattoos all over his body which made him look like a stereotypical bad boy. After talking to him and getting to know him I found out he was a pure angel at heart. And without a doubt, I felt there was a connection there.

Being the considerate sister I am, I chose to tell Elijah about my sisters feeling towards him. I was utterly shocked to hear him deny that he felt nothing whatsoever for Natti, which was good for me. Deep down, I couldn't help but feel guilty for Natti. I'm sure she'll understand.

"Here's something which you don't know about me, sometimes people refer to me as 'The Orphan'. It's true I am an orphan but that's not the reason as to why people call me that," he said and started to explain.

"Actually I'm the owner of the company called 'The Orphan' and it is currently global. It's a fragrance company and that specific fragrance, has hit the sales so high that people just call me 'The Orphan'. It's kind of like a celebrity name I guess but weirdly enough I don't mind being called that."

"Oh that's amazing, I'm so proud of you," I whispered and without thinking about it I gave his hand a squeeze to show I truly meant it.

"Thank you," he said with a proud smile. I felt his hands squeeze back my hand in gratitude.

The moment was cut short when Natalia barged in saying that time was up and so Elijah stood up to leave, kissing my hand and waving to Natalia before he headed back to his room.

Natalia was impatient to know what I thought about him and so I told her the truth, everything. She sat next to me with hurt in her eyes as I mentioned that Elijah told me he had no feelings for her. She quickly masked away the hurt in her eyes and smiled at me.

"I just hope I find at least someone interested in me too here," she said with a deep sigh."I'm still determined to spend more time with Elijah and see if there's any improvement, if that's okay with you?"

"Sure I'm fine with that." I stated as I walked out the common room to seek comfort in my own room.

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Spanish Translations:
•Hola bonita=hello beautiful
•Gracias=thank you

So that was one long chapter and we met quite a lot of people. Who's your favourite from all the suitors so far.

What was your reaction when Rafael spoke about Nina's dream to her? Might there be a link? Stay tuned to find out.

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